27 August
SAINT MONICA
Mother of our Father Saint Augustine
FEAST
Entrance Antiphon Pr 31:30,28-29
The
woman who fears the Lord is honored. Her sons extol her virtues;
her
husband is loud in her praise.
Opening Prayer
Lord
God of mercy, you gave Saint Monica
the joy
of seeing her son freed from the darkness of error,
to become
a Christian and your servant.
With
the help of her prayers,
may our
religious family increase in numbers and virtue.
We
ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God,
for ever and ever.
First
A reading
from the Book of Proverbs.
Listen, my child, to your
father’s instruction, do not reject your mother’s teaching: they will be a crown
of grace for your head, a circlet for your neck. I too was once a child with a
father, in my mother’s eyes, a tender child, unique. This is what he used to
teach me, “Let your heart treasure what I have to say, keep my principles and
you will live. Keep your father’s precept, my child,
do not spurn your mother’s teaching. Bind them ever to your heart,
tie them round your neck. While you are active, they will guide you, when you
fall asleep they will watch over you, when you wake up, they will converse with
you”.
The word of
the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 127:1—2,3,4—5
R/.
Your children are like shoots of the olive around your table.
O blessed are
those who fear the Lord
and walk in his ways.
By the labor of your hands
you shall eat.
You will be happy and
prosper. R/.
Your wife like a fruitful
vine
in the heart of your house;
your children like shoots of the olive,
around your table. R/.
Indeed thus shall be blessed
the man who fears the Lord.
May the Lord bless you from
all the days of your life. R/.
Gospel Acclamation Ps 44:8
Alleluia,
Alleluia
Your
love is for justice; your hatred for evil.
Therefore
God, your God, has anointed you
with the
oil of gladness above your companions.
Alleluia.
Gospel Lk
7:11—17
A reading from
the holy Gospel according to Luke.
Jesus went to a town called Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a great number of
people. Now when he was near the gate of the town there was a dead man being
carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a
considerable number of the townspeople was with her.
When the Lord saw her, he felt sorry for her and said, “Do not cry”. Then he
went up and touched the bier and the bearers stood still, and he said, “Young
man, I tell you: Get up.” And the dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus
gave him to his mother. Everyone was filled with awe and glorified God saying,
“A great prophet has risen up among us; God has visited his people.” And this
view of him spread throughout
The Gospel of the Lord.
Prayer over the Gifts
Lord,
we offer
you these gifts
in memory
of our mother Saint Monica.
We
humbly pray that they may bring us your forgiveness and salvation. We ask this
through Christ our Lord.
Preface
of Holy
Men and Women II
Communion Antiphon Mt 13:45-46
The
Prayer after Communion
All-powerful
God,
may the power
of this divine sacrament we receive,
on the
feast of our mother Monica,
enlighten
and enkindle our hearts.
May
we burn with desire for holiness
and be
rich in good works.
We
ask this through Christ our Lord.